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Archive for October 2010

Around 5:30pm on Wednesday 27th October 2010, Evesham firefighters were called to reports of a property fire. Two fire crews arrived at the scene to find a derelict hotel in Waterside Evesham with a fire at the rear of the building affecting a fire escape door. Firefighters used breathing apparatus and a hose-reel to bring the fire under control – halting the potential spread to other nearby commercial premises.

At 5:52pm on Thursday 28th October 2010, fire crews from Evesham and Broadway were called to the scene of a road traffic collision at Fish Hill Broadway, near the A44. Arriving at the scene they found a collision involving a car and a van with two persons trapped.

Following three commercial fire related incidents affecting Hereford town centre in less than a week, Station Manager Neil Pigott of Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is urging all business owners to look very carefully at their fire safety and business continuity procedures.

A range of firefighting skills and operational procedures were put to the test at the weekend as Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) took part in an emergency planning exercise, known as Exercise Morpheus.

Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service are warning people never to leave cooking unattended following a kitchen fire at a property in Rowland Rutter Court in Pershore yesterday afternoon (Monday 25 October).

Following a serious fire in which over 100 firefighters tackled a city centre blaze in High Town Hereford, business owners are being reminded of their fire safety and wider community responsibilities for premises that they manage.